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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1911
Page
8
The San Antonio Light reports the June 1911 newspaper circulation figures, listing average daily circulation and noting counts of exchanges, free copies, and unsold copies. The statement details the distribution metrics for the month.
The French magazine La Nature claims Cervantes wrote Don Quixote as a manual on insanity for alienists. It labels the windmill hero as a monomaniac with persecution delusions and urges medical students to use the novel as psychological reference. The piece mocks editors who blur art and science and argues art often transcends scientific reasoning.
Dr J D Rockitt of London argues that old pipes, stained by years of use, are dangerous and can cause dyspnoea. He notes potential side effects include heart overstimulation and unusual eye exposure, urging caution over aging infrastructure.
A playful jab mocks medical officer Rockitt and his China imagery while debating the supposed gains and losses of daily routines and the craving for opium pipes, framed as a civic pun on civilized life and scientific truth.
A reader laments a wealthy Texan offering a carload of watermelons for Chicago soldiers. The piece notes no wholesale melons were sent to camp and attributes the lapse to local shoppin g bustle. The Licur invites the soldier to visit and claim melons personally.
In Chicago observers will monitor streetcar delays and send owners polite reproaches to persuade teamsters to improve service. If delays continue, police assistance may follow with improvised tools. The plan aims for large results despite concerns about missing the second correction.
A provocative novel closes on a unresolved note as the protagonist appears driven by obsession and instability, setting up expectations for a potential sequel. The ending hints at ongoing turmoil and future conflict without resolving key mysteries.
A Woodbury New Jersey man was arrested after he gagged a donkey to stop it from braying. The incident is described as a misguided act and linked to political insinuations about the senate.
Francisco Pegado arrived in Washington as a Santo Domingo commissioner in the Haiti boundary dispute and praised his country as peaceful and rapidly developing. He cited American capital driving the sugar industry, a 1504 city founding, the oldest church in America, modernizing roads, and a future with streetcars and motor transport. The piece also covers tuberculosis dangers, transmission via dust, and public health measures emphasizing sunlight, clean air, nutrition, and medical guidance.
A Massachusetts woman sought sympathy after a divorce tied to her husband’s insistence on a raw vegetable diet. The item suggests similar frictions with husbands whose diets are described as needing “thistles.”
Press dispatches report a Georgia man relinquishing his lower berth to an upper for a grateful memory. The deed is deemed just after note of the $20,000 legacy left in remembrance of the gesture.
Governor Colquitt was summoned before the Dallas grand jury, but the move proved to be a bluff with no charges or formal action pursued.
Taft indicates forgiveness for a newspaper strike and warns against repetition while noting gratitude for the critique. The exchange highlights political tensions between Taft and La Follette over press coverage in a period of partisan discourse.
A San Francisco Chronicle editorial blames unrestricted immigration for harboring hostility as many newcomers stay in seaboard cities. It argues migrants should spread inland to aid production, asserting that directing the stream into proper channels would ease tensions.
The Pittsburg Gazette Times argues that the United States should reduce immigration as it nears the labor force needed for development. It states that lowering intake and curbing abuses is self-preservation to prevent the nation from becoming a haven for all nations.
The Boston Globe argues the United States has room for healthy, willing workers noting 38 persons per square mile vs 359 in Britain 290 in Germany and 629 in Belgium. It frames the country as not overpopulated and open to labor.
If 280,000 immigrants arrived in South Carolina each year, real estate values would surge and raise the value of railways, telephone and electric light franchises, and virtually all franchises including shoe dealers permits, argues a Charleston News and Courier editorial.
The Galveston News notes that Canada uses European propaganda to attract the best and most provident immigrants. It argues that a developing country should welcome immigration and seek the most capable men and women seeking homes in newer, more promising lands.
The Omaha Bee argues that even an illiterate immigrant who learns the language and earns fair means after a few years should be valued as a citizen. It questions why objection should block the arrival of those who improve themselves and contribute to the nation.
A plantation gambler plots a two man poker scam to cheat Phillips man with a cold deck. One offers four queens to the victim and four kings to the partner, plus an ace as a confidence card.
The obituary notes the Harvard College Observatory figure Mrs. Fleming who catalogued 10 351 stellar spectra in the Draper Memorial Catalogue of Stellar Spectra She classified stars by hidden characteristics not mere counts and her meticulous work surpasses visual wonders, benefiting science for centuries to come.
A reflective verse about a burglar adopting a suave, urbane style. It contrasts crude theft with polished night attire and notes the inevitability of capture, ending with a wry observation that refined methods do not prevent punishment.
A playful verse by George Fitch follows an early morning auto as it performs farm chores. It wakes before dawn to reap, thresh, plow, and haul golden yield then tends stock and pumps water. The machine runs through day into twilight, powering a dynamo while a farmer reads by tungsten glow.
Poem expresses conflicted affection as the speaker vows enduring love yet admits emotional distance. The speaker recalls past dizziness with the beloved, notes current busyness and distraction, and ends with a calm but lingering fear over losing passion.
An observant citizen recalls a neighbor loaning a horse who after a day’s work was turned over to the owner’s son. As the boy led the horse home an automobile blocked the path and spooked the animal. The horse bolted down the street leaving the boy in tears minutes later as he contemplates telling his father he lost the horse.
An elderly man named Jim strolls along a parade with a flower in his coat and a smug smile celebrating his fiftieth wedding anniversary. A holiday belle greets him and friends remark on his appearance. Jim jokes that his wife is not involved, claiming she is of no concern to him.
The Chicago Woman's Outdoor league plans Alf Tennyson Dickens appearance at Orcher hall on November 28 to recount memories of his father Charles Dickens. Dickens, age 65, known as Siles, is described as jovial and Dickensian as proceeds benefit the fountain fund. The event is managed by Mrs. George B. Spenter and the league's ro tain committee.
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